The word eczema comes from the Greek language, and it means to ”BOIL OVER”. It is a description that sums up only too vividly the classic eczema symptoms that are associated with the disease.
Archives for October 2008
A Food Diary
One of the most important factors in identifying potential food triggers is your own observation. Keeping a food diary in which you note down everything you consume is a useful way of detecting whether there is any significant pattern of reaction to a particular food or foods. Following are a few useful tips for keeping […]
Feed Eczema Correctly
For many years there has been considerable controversy about the relationship between food and eczema. Some believe that eating certain foods will lead to an outbreak of eczema, whilst avoiding these foods will lead to an improvement in their skin condition. Until recently most orthodox doctors dismissed the idea that food had a significant role […]
Playing with Eczema
Children love to play. It’s what they do best. Playing helps a child to grow, develop and learn.
When you have an unwell child it is all to easy to wrap them up in cotton wool and stop them from doing what is only natural for any child – playing.